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"As artistic depictions of wealthy Belle Epoque women showed them in fashionable black reception dresses and luxurious evening gowns, the urban working woman was adopting her own simple black dress, in coarse matte fabrics - a style soon to be appropriated by Chanel." But before then, the death of King Edward VII in 1910, brought a further rush for funeral wear, including that year's "Black Ascot" which inspired many later designers

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Lhuillier infuses her bridal collections with a refined sense of playfulness, using pastel floral prints and colorful dresses to complement her more classic designs, which often feature ball gown skirts, high necklines and long sleeves for a regal effect